Piatt family

Title: Piatt family
Alternate name: Piatts family; Pyatte family
Description: Slave Holding; The Piatt family was a large and prominent family not only in Boone County but the entire Ohio Valley area. Jacob Piatt, who served under General Washington during the Revolutionary War, was the youngest of five sons of John Piatt and Frances Wyckoff. He came to Boone County around 1795 with his wife, Hannah Cook McCullough, and children. Jacob built a grand home called Federal Hall on the Ohio River just north of Petersburg. Jacob served as Boone County Judge for 13 years.; Jacob's brothers John, Abraham, Daniel also came to the area and their children and descendants were prominent lawyers, bankers and businessmen. There were also two in the literary fields, Donn Piatt was a writer for the Cincinnati newspapers and John James Piatt was a poet.; Jacob's nephew, Robert Piatt, bought 200 acres of land in East Bend that became Piatt's Landing and the current site of the East Bend Power Plant.
Has site: Dr. Piatt House (Belleview, Ky.); Benjamin Piatt Fowler House (Union, Ky.)
Resided in: Idlewild (Ky.)
Related resource: Piatt Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.); Robert Piatt Cemetery (East Bend, Ky.); Tousey Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.); "Pieces of the Past: Legacy of the Piatt Family," Kentucky Post, by Jim Reis; Browse Piatt family resources

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1852--Mass Escape of at Least Thirty Freedom Seekers	Event
1906--Gilbert Hardy Marries Miss Gus Davis Thornton	Event
between 1850-1860--Piatt Coachman Escapes to Indiana	Event

Items with "Related resource: Piatt family"
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Benjamin Piatt Fowler House (Union, Ky.)	Location
Dr. Piatt House (Belleview, Ky.)	Location
East Bend Baptist Church Cemetery (East Bend, Ky.)	Location
Old Belleview Cemetery (Belleview, Ky.)	Location
Piatt Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)	Location
Robert Piatt Cemetery (East Bend, Ky.)	Location